Sunflower Days are Saturday and Sunday, September 7 and 8

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #SunflowerDays #Pies&Pub The Middlebury Land Trust’s Sunflower Days returns for the second year Saturday and Sunday, September 7 and 8, ... Continue Reading →

Fence posts dot the forest

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #TuttleWoods By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY A recent Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) hike went through the Tuttle Woods preserve. Keen observation brought ... Continue Reading →

Learn how to take a hike

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #Hiking By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY May is a beautiful month. The blitz of flowering that began in April continues, and the woods are filled with ... Continue Reading →

Dog park hearing set for May 2

#DogPark #MiddleburyLandTrust By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Folks who have been waiting patiently for a Middlebury Dog Park since 2016 hopefully will be happy to hear it is closer to becoming ... Continue Reading →

Learn about bobcats Wednesday, March 6

#MiddleburyCT #Bobcats The Middlebury Land Trust is sponsoring a program, “Bobcats in Connecticut,” Wednesday, March 6, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Room 26 at Shepardson Community ... Continue Reading →

Trees adapt to winter

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Winter in Connecticut can be hard on everything that lives outdoors. There are many adaptations for animals (fur, burrow, hibernate), birds (some just go south, ... Continue Reading →

Keep walking this winter

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #Winter By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY As winter closes in here in Connecticut, it can be very tempting to just grab a sweater and a cozy blanket and curl ... Continue Reading →

Visitor shares thoughts

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY This summer my husband and I had the wonderful opportunity to have our eldest grandchild, Nico, stay with us for 5 ½ weeks. Her father (our son) and his family ... Continue Reading →

Baby wildlife best left alone

#MiddleburyCT #BabyWildlife By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Many animal mothers leave their young in what they see as a protected spot while they go off to forage. If you find and remove ... Continue Reading →

Botany Walk Saturday, May 27

Botany Walk Saturday, May 27 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Larkin Preserve Meet at the entrance on Long Meadow Road. The start of the trail is flanked by large rocks ... Continue Reading →